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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1909)
A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI By THOMAS A. WISE Novelized From th Play by Frederick R. Toombs COPYRIGHT. 1900. BY THOMAS A. WISE cn AIT Ell IX. a itnr idid or pouticai taxtbkrsrxp. THE combination of the force of Langdon and Balnea did not find mnch favor among tb power lliat are at the capital. Senator reabody peremptorily demand ed an explanation from Stevens as to bow be bad allowed "bis senator" to engage as his secretary "this Inquisi tive man Haines, a reporter who didnt know bis place." "Here we're pnt Langdon on naval affairs because we knew he didn't un derstand wbat's going on, and yon, Stevens, supposed to be the finished product f the political mill, you fall asleep and let him take ' np a man whom nobody can control, one who knows the inside workings of Wash ington and who will take par-tic-u-lnr pleasure In teaching your fellow Mis sUslpplan far too much for our good." Stevens' reply, to effect that prob ably Haines would consent to lie "tak en care of If Judiciously approached, was derided by the observant Tea body. "A young reformer grows fat on notoriety," be laughed, "and think what a scandal be would have for his newspaper If we took a chance on dis closing oar hand to him. No, no, Ste vens; we mnst have him watched and try to discredit him in some way. Per haps we can make Langdon believe that bis secretary is dishonest." Congressman Norton was another man who was dismayed at the forma tion of the firm of Langdon and Hains. Tonng Randolph, too. could not forget the defeat and humiliation he bad pre viously suffered at Haines' hands and grew more bitter as the reporter's In fluence over his father grew stronger. But Haines' most effective enemy bad arisen In the person be would be the last to suspect, one whom he unceas ingly admired, one whose very words he had come to cherish. And possibly It was not all her own fault that Caro lina Langdon had enlisted her services, subtle and quite overwhelming (owing to Haines' . fervent worship of her) against the secretary. Perhaps the so cial system of which she had become a part In Washington had something to do with the craving to become a leader in that fascinating world whose daz allng variety and Infinite diversion seemed to fill her soul witb all that it yearned for. Love she had, for she had now promised to wed Congress man Norton. She loved him fondly; she had confessed to him. and gradu ally she came to work desperately against Haines, who, she bad been convinced by Norton and Randolph, would prove a stumbling block to them, to her father, to herself in her career fit the capital, if bis influence over the senator should be permitted to extet or to Increase. And so on the surface Carolina Langdon was most amiable to the secretary, encouraged him in bis attentions to her, led bim surely Into her power, Norton having prevailed on her to keep the knowledge of their en gagement secret from every one, even ber father. The days and nights became filled with Important work for Senator Lang don and his secretary. Together they went over the important measures, out lined what appeared to be the best course of procedure and carried it into effect as far as possible. Langdon be came a prominent figure in the senate, owing to his consistent support of measures that fitted in with the public Policy, or what should be the public policy, of the nation. He had learned that the only practicable way to out wit or to cope with the members of the dominating machine, made up, be wns surprised to see, of members of both the parties the only two in Washington was to oppose what the machine wanted with enough power to force It to grant bim what be believed the public ought to have He was de scribed by some of the hidebound 'Insiders- on Capitol bill as "the only liralny man who had fought the ma chine In thirty years." At the bom be had later established la Washington as preferable to tbe International betel were frequently a small coterie of senators and congressmen wbo had become known to the sarcastic party bosses) la both bouses of congress as the "Laafdon crowd," which crowd was admitted to be somewhat of a factor when It flaal 7 prevailed on the president to take over 11.000 postmasters from the ap- i Pointment class and put them under the control of the clrH service commls ilon, resulting In the necessity of a competitive examination for these Postmasters Instead of their securing Positions through political favoritism. Those who did not know Langdon Intimately suggested that "this fellow ousht to be taken car of.' What in od's name does he want? A commit tee chairmanship? An ambassadorship for some Mississippi charcoal burner? A couple of federal Judgeships for bis Mends? Well, whatever it Is. give it to bim and get him In with the rest of us'" Again it was Feabody wbo bad the deciding say. There's only one thing worse than young reformer, and thafs au old on." he laughed bitterly at secret conclave at bis apartment In the lur Ortous Louis Napoleon hotel. "TU 1 young one minis ne is going to uve and wants our future profits for him self. The old one thinks he's going to die. and he's sore at leaving so Koch graft behind him." Heads and hearts thinking and throb bing together, Langdon and his seci tary, Haines, plodded along. They bad learned to lean on each other, the young gaining Inspiration from the old, the old guiniug strength from the young. They loved each other, and, more than any love, they trusted one another. And Hope Georgia watched It all and rejoiced, for she believed with all the accrued erudition of eight een years of Innocent girlhood that Mr. Bud Haines was quite the finest specimen of young manhood this world had ever produced. How could he have happened! She was sure that she bad never met his equal, not even In ttt memorable week she bad spent In Jackson. The passing weeks taught Haloes that be was deeply In love with Caro lina, tad, though he had endeavored to keep the knowledge of this from ber, ber woman's intuition had told her bis secret, and she stifled the momen tary regrets that flitted Into ber mind, because she was now in "the gams" herself, the Washington game, that ensnares the woman as well as the man and makes ber a slave to Its fan cy. No one but hertelf and Norton knew how deeply she had "plunged" on a certain possible turn of the po litical cards. She munt not, she could not, lose if 'life itself were to it-main of value to her. aud on her sway over this secretary she was told it all de pended. A subject that for some unexplaln able reason frequently lodged in Haines' mind was that of the appar ent assiduity with which Mrs. Spaagler cultivated Senator Langdon's friend ship. For several years she had occu pied a high social position at the capi tal, he well knew, but various Indefi nite, intangible rumors be bad heard, be could not state exactly where, bad made him regret her growing intimacy with the girls aud with the senator. They bad met her through letters of Introduction of the most trustworthy and assuring character from people of highest social rank in Virginia, where the LangdonB had many friends, but even so, Haines realized, people wbo write Introductory letters are some times thoughtless In considering all the circumstances of the parties they in troduce, and residents of Virginia who had not been lu the capital for years might be forgiven for not knowing of all the more recent developments In the lives of those they knew in Wash ington. While not wishing to have the senator know of his Intention, the sec retary determined to investigate Mrs. Spangler and her present mode of life at his first opportunity, hoping the while that his quest would reveal her to be what the Langdons considered her a widow of wealth, fashion and reserve who resided at the capital be cause the memories of her late bus- band, a former congressman of blgh standing, were associated with it. Calling at the Langdons house one evening In February to receive direc tions regarding Important work for the next day. names y rJ was somewhat v Yfcjtw. nuzzled at the De- t-uiiur smiie uu the funntnr'fl face. . I I T Anstrprlnff thp ocv x : iu. j a a w v m of inquiry, the M lssisslpplau said: "I've been told that I can name the new bolder of a five thousand dollar a year posi tion In the de partment of com- merce and labor "If a trick," said ftnd tl)at jj j nave Haines. nQ 0WJ ln particu. lar from my state to name that that you would be a good man for the Job. First 1 was glad for your sake, my boy. for if you wanted it you could have the position. But on thinking It over it seemed there might be some thing behind it not showing on the sur face." "It's a trick." said Haines. "Who made the offer?" "Senator Stevens." "I might have known." hotly re sponded the secretary. "There's a crowd that wants you and me separat ed. Thought this bait too much for me to resist, did they?" Then he paused, rubbing his fingers through bis hair ln a perp'e1 manner. "Strange, Isn't It, senator, that a man of your party is offered this desirable piece of patronage, entirely unsolicited on your part from the adminlstrntlon of an other, a different political party? Espe cially when that other party has so many hungry would be 'tax eaters' clamoring to enter the 'land of milk and honey.' I think Stevens deliberately"- , w Thro there. Bud." broke in Lang don "you mustn't say anything against Senator Stevens to me. True, be asso ciates with some folks I don't approve of but that doesn't necessarily, mean 1 VIM I 3 anytmng wrouj;, ami i u;nn nave al ways found him thoroughly bouest." "Tea." muttered the secretary, fol lowing the senator into the library, "you've always found him honest be cause you think everybody's honest but Stevens is Just the doctor who will cure you of this ailment, this chronic trustfulness." Haines laughed softly. "When Pea body's little Stevle gets through hack ing at the prostrate body of political purity his two banded sword of polit ical corruption will need new edges." Thus far neither the senator nor bis secretary had suspicion of any ques tionable deal iq regard to the enlf naval base. The rush of other events, particularly the fight over the redue tlon of the tariff. had pushed this project tempora rily Into the back ground so far as tbey were con cerned, though the "boss of the senate" and bis satellites had been losing no time ln perfect ly their plans regarding the choice of Altacoo la as the site. Peabody aud Stevens had In cenlouslv exnloit. ed Langdon at "Cctcr Senator every possible op- Langdon." portunlty ln relation to the naval base. Asked about new developments In the committee on naval affairs, the ready answer was: "Better see (Senator Langdon. lie knows all about the naval base; has the matter In full charge. I really know little about it." So by biding behind the unsuspect ing old hero of Crawfordsvllle they diverted from themselves any possible suspicion and placed Langdon where he would have to bear the brunt of the great scandal that would, they well knew, come out at some future time after their foul conspiracy against the nation had been consum mated, after the fruits of their be trayal had been secured. What, after all, the schemers con cluded, Is the little matter of an inves tigation among senators to guilty sen ators who, deep ly versed ln the law, have de stroyed every compromising document that could be admis sible as evi dence? Why, the senate would appoint an Investigating coromlttee and investigate It self, would, it not, when the ridiculous scan dal came? And what sen ator would fear himself, or for him self, as he investigated himself, when the blame bad already been put pub licly on some one else, some simple minded old soul who could go back to his cotton fields ln Mississippi and for get all about it, strong in bis lnnoceuce. even though shorn of reputation, and desire to live? CHAPTER X. WHES SENATORS DISAGREE. THE wiseacres of Washington bad nightly predicted that the site of the hundred million dol lar gulf naval base would be decided on lu March after the excite ment and gayety attending tbe presi dential Inauguration had subsided. On tbe morning of tbe day before this action of the committee on naval affairs was to be taken Secretary Haines sat at bis desk in Senator Langdon's committee room In the cap itoL Richard Culleu. the favorite as sociate of Haines in bis Journalistic days, out earlier than usual on his dally round of the departments for news for his Chicago paper, had strolled in and attempted a few of his Professional Directory of Wallowa County ft And v:)iat senator would fear himself t TJ a 1 no, nsngj. ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE Watch for Next Announcement THOS. M. DILL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Orfice first door south of New Fraternal Bldg, Enterprise. Ore. BURLEIGH & BOYD ATTORN'EYS-ARAW Practice III nil Ktta PniiW. - .V -1V. 1 v.wi.uji;ui, ai teniion to all business. Insurance of Bank Deposits. From The Public. One must rub his eves these days to Ix sure that Bryan didn't win the last election. 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Tbey cau't appre ciate bim up here because he's houest -crystal clear. I used to think I knew what a decent citizen, a real uiaij, ought to be. but he's taught mo soiuo new things. He'll teach them all some thing before be gets through." Culleo hung one leg over Haluesj' desk. You're a nice, quiet, gentlemanly lit tle optimist, and I like you, old fel low," retorted Cullen. "But dou't de ceive yourself too much. Your Seuator Langdon Is personally one of the best ever. But be was born a mark, aud a mark he'll be to the end of time. "He looks good now. Sure, I like bis Kpeeches. and all that, but Just wait. When some of those old foxes lu the senate want to put his bead ln tbo bag and tie It down, they won't have any trouble at all." Smiling, Haines looked up at bis cynical friend. "The bog 'II bave to go over my head, too," he aid with a nod. "You're a nice little "Well, I don't optimist," kuow that Pea body 'd have to strain himself very much or get such an awful big bag to drop you both in, if it comes right down to that, old chap. You're making a mistake. You're as bad as your old man. You're a beautiful pair of opti mists, and you a good newspaper man, too it's a shame!" After momentary hesitation Cullen continued, thoroughly serious. "Bud, my old friend." be said In low tone, glancing quickly about, "there's one thing that you've got to put a stop to. it's bnrtlng you." The secretary's face showed bis be wilderment "What do you mean?" be snapped abruptly. "Out with UP' "I mean," replied Cullen, "that ru mors are going around tbat you are keeping Langdon away from the crowd of 'insiders' ln tbe senate for your own purposes that, ln short, you plan to" "I understand," was tbe quick in terruption. "I am accused of wanting to 'deliver Senator Langdon, guarantee his vote, on some graft proposition, so that I can get tbe money and not be himself. Consequently I'm tipping him off on what measures are honest, so that he'll vote for them, until until I'm offered my price, then Influence him to vote for some big crooked scheme, telling bim it is all right He votes as I suggest, and 1 get tbe money T' "That's what 'delivering a man' means ln Washington," dryly answer ed tbe Chicago correspondent "It means winning a man's confidence, his support, bis vote, through friendship and then selling it for cash" "But you, Dick, you have" "Of course, old man, 1 bave denied the truth of this. I knew you too well to doubt you. 8tlll, tbe yarn Is hurt ing you. Remember tbat western sen ator who was 'delivered' twice, both ways, on a graft bill?" be laughingly asked tbe secretary. "Should say I did. Dick. That ' is the record for that game. It was a corporation measure. One railroad wanted it; another opposed it The senator innocently told an eastern sen ator tbat be was going to vote for tbe bill. Then tbe easterner went to tbe railroad wanting the bill passed , and. got $7,000 on bis absolute promise tbat be would get Senator X. to vote for It, wbo, of course, did vote for it." "Yes," said Cullen, "and later, when Senator X. beard that Senator Z. bad got money for bis vote, be was wild. Then when another effort was made to pass the LIU (which bad been de feated) the 'delivered' senator said to Z. as be met bim unexpectedly: 'You scoundrel, here's where I get square with you to some extent Anyway, I'm eoing to vote against tbat bill this time and make a long speech against It too.' Z. fh&u bwittal . tr mp ioio.visi c t tne runroau ttiat want ed the Mil killed and guaranteed him that for $10,000 he could got Senator X. to cbnnge his vote, to vote against the bill." 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